inwardly.' He means: Success belongs to him who affirms the Essentiality (al-Ma’nuwiyya) of the Visual Form, and recognizes that the Pre-eternal Essence is manifest through this Visual Form.
He says: And regarding the saying of the Sublime:{ 'When the night covered him over, he saw a star. He said: "This is my Lord." But when it set, he said: "I love not those that set." When he saw the moon rising in splendor, he said: "This is my Lord." But when it set, he said: "Unless my Lord guide me, I shall surely be among those who go astray." When he saw the sun rising in splendor, he said: "This is my Lord; this is greatest." But when it set, he said: "O my people! I am indeed free from your [guilt] of ascribing partners to God. For I have turned my face, firmly and truly, towards Him Who created the heavens and the earth, and never shall I be of those who ascribe partners to God"'} 1 ."
Understand then—may God grant you success and shield you from trial (fitna) in His gnosis: Do you not know that the attribute of the star is other than the attribute of the moon, and likewise the attribute of the moon is other than the attribute of the sun, and that their lights surpass one another? Verily, Abraham is the Greatest Name, the Teacher of all the worlds and their Originator.
As for this discourse, it pertains to the prophet who is Abraham bin Azar in this [celestial] dome (qubba); it serves as a form of